Metallic bed



N0. 625.|l2. Patented May I6, I899. J. P. LEIN.

METALLIC BED.

licabion filed Aug. 1, 18

INVENTOR 54, ATTORNEY UNTTE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. LEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

METALLIC BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,1 12, dated. May 16, 1899. Application filed August 1,1898. Serial N0. 687,380. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, JOHN P. LEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Beds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to metallic beds; and its object is to construct a simple and inexpensive metallic bed or cot the legs of which shall be adapted to be folded in the usual manner and when straightened out to set up the bed shall remain fixed and shall not be folded by'the usual pushing of the cot along the floor.

A further object is to provide such a cot with an improved head-rest of inexpensive and eflicient construction and to attain other advantages, which will be more particularly described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective View, of a cot constructed according to my invention; and Fig. 2 is a detail side view of-one of the legs, showingin dotted lines its position when folded up.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 and 2 respectively represent the side rails of the cot, in this instance shown as made of the common angle iron or metal of commerce. At a point near the head of the cot the side rails are bentupward at an angle, as shown in the drawings, to form the headrest.

3 and 4: are respectively the head and foot rails of the cot, joining together the siderails 1 and 2. The end rails 3 and 4 are also made of angle-iron and have one side of the angle bolted to the side rails, leaving the other side projecting upward, as is shown in Fig. 1. Bolted to the side rails, at about the angle formed by the turning up of the side rails, is a rigid bar 5, extending-across the cot. The fabric or woven wire is attached to the foot; rail and drawn under the bar 5 and over the head-rail 3and there attached. The edges of the fabric are clamped to the outer side of the upward projection of the head and foot angle-rails by channel-bars 6 and '7, respectively, the edge of the fabric being disposed inside of the channel portion of the channelbar, securely closing it from vermin. In order to support the fabric against unusual weight, suitable braces 8 may extend across the frame beneath the fabric.

9, 10, 11, and 12 respectively represent the legs of the cot. These are hinged to the inner side of the depending portion of the side rails at 13 14, 850., and are bent, as shown in Fig. 2, to form on the legs a shoulder 14, which shall be adapted when the leg is pushed into upright position to rest against the under side of the upper portion of the side rails, as illustrated in Fig. 2. If preferred, the respective pairs of legs 9 and 12 and 10 and 11 may be connected together bybraces 15 and-16.

By reason of the fact that in the construction of the bed the common angle-iron of commerce is largely used the cost will be greatly reduced, and by the disposition of the angle-iron head and foot rails, as shown, all available space will be utilized and the fabric will extend to a line flush with the head and foot of the bed. By theemploy ment of the bar 5 and the bending ofthe side rails the fabric may be stretched to its full extent in attaching it to the bed,the shape of the bed will not be interfered with, and a pillow of the most convenient construction will be formed.

When the cot is folded, its legs will lie in substantially the position shown in Fig. 2.

hen it is set upand its legs swung to their upright position, as shown in Fig. 1 and in the full lines in Fig. 2, the shoulder 14 will rest againstthe under side of the side rail and bear the full weight 'of the cot, While at the same time they will be steadied and prevented from swaying sidewise by the support of the dependent part of the angle-iron side rails against the side of the leg.

It will be seen that if after the legs have been straightened to their upright position the cot be pushed in anydirection along the floor the legs will not be folded and the cot drop, for the reason that the weight will be directed partly against the under side of the side rail and partly against the hinge, and the more weight put upon the cot the more securely will the legs be braced in their position,

Having thus'described my invention, I declare that what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a bed, the combination of side rails between the side rails at about the angle bent at an angle to form a pillow portion, formed by said head portion, and a fabric end rails connecting the same, a bar extendextending between the upwardly-projecting 15 ing between said side rails at or about the portions of said end rails, and beneath said angle in the same, and a fabric stretched be-v bar, substantially as described.

tween the end rails below said bar, substan- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature tially as described. I in presence of two witnesses.

2. In a bed, the combination of angle-non JOHN R LEIN' side rails bent to form a pillow portion, angleiron end rails connecting the same, said end Witnesses: rails having one side of their angles eXtend- O. V. EDWARDS, in g upward, a bar extending across said frame W. IRVINE. 

